Show proves 0 difficult for international students Contributing Writer international student at I am an Salt Lake Community College I have been living in the USA for almost 10 months After a while I understood how important the Social Security Number is because every one is required to get that number For example getting getting getting get get- ting a cell phone renting an apartment apartment apartment apart apart- ment opening a bank account and even using some labs in college I needed to get that number I asked for that important number at the International Student Office They told me I needed to have an employers employer's letter to get that num num- ber According to the law or the title 8 Code of Federal Regulations 8 2142 f f 9 i international students can only get a by working on campus T i J 3 l- l lf f L' 1 L 1 L A T j- j jt 33 t I i 1 started to W look lOOK for lor a Job but oui om I i 1 did am amnot not find it I did not looking for a ajob ajob ajob job just to get that number I also needed to work and make some money But it was not easy to get job in a new place They always require at least one or two years of experience I am still looking for a aI I job The Employment C Center rat at told meY mj just St l look on colleges college's employment web site j I looked everyday and I could not find a job So I think that Social Security system is strange and illogical I think my situation is not only mine All the international students students students stu stu- stu- stu dents who come here encounter that problem A few months after I Idid Idid Idid did my friends came here to study They could not get a cell phone because cell phone companies companies companies compa compa- nies required social security numbers They could not rent apartments because they do donot donot donot not have a credit or s social cial security card They cannot drive because in order to get driver license they should have Social Security card Actually they can do nothing because they do not have social security numbers So what are we going to do Also we did not know we should ask for a job at every department I got from that information from one of my African friends Employment Center told me only way you can get a job is just look on the web site We asked about jobs at every department and some of our friends got a job So we got our Social Security numbers But one of my friends did not find a job and asked for some jobs at the Maintenance Custodial Office she saw in a new classified advertise advertise- ment The manager told her she need to bring her Social Security number to get that job We all wondered We can not get Social Security Number unless we get a job on cam But campus us now we can cannot cannot cannot not get job unless we we- have Social Security number Why does that manager still not know about that Social Security system and cause trouble for international students N Now ow I have thought How this system is going to work What if I came here alone and do not know anyone How can I keep in touch my family How can I rent an apartment Actually this system is is not going to work for all international international inter inter- national students who come here a alone one and do not anyone in new place lace Maybe tion after their graduatIon graduation some immigrants become |